With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, here are a few tips for getting the freshest and most beautiful flowers from your local florist.
- TRUST..the floral designer to do what they are trained to do. Let your designer be inspired to bring out the natural beauty in each flower. Encourage them to be creative and design a unique bouquet for you. Some of the worst bouquets come from trying to make flowers that look like a photo. Photo’s should be used as a general guide for style, but NOT used to make an exact duplicate of an arrangement. Flowers are art..so let your designer be an artist. It’s what they love doing! Floral designers love giving flowers a voice!
- Give your floral designer your general guidelines, the color palette, your style preferences, and any favorite flowers of the recipient, and your budget. Remember that delivery and tax are always added on after the flower price, so make sure you clarify the bottom line.
- Always ask what is FRESH and IN SEASON this week. Flowers are grown by farmers and farming is seasonal. Farming is dependent on weather, supply & demand, transportation issues. Flowers are grown all around the world, and there is nothing that adds stress for a florist more than having their roses stuck in the airport on Valentines week, due to a winter storm somewhere in the country. Be flexible, have patience, and plan on ordering extra early to make sure you have choices and options. Remember it’s winter, and many types of flowers are not available in the winter, unless you are willing to pay for the OUT OF SEASON price. Most florists are happy to order out of season flowers in for you, but you need to plan ahead in order to have it available when you want it. Allow at least 10 days for your florist to bring in your “out of season flowers” for you.
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